Ventilating device for ranges



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E. BOOKHOUT.

VENTILATING DEVICE FOR RANGES.

No. 538,997. Patented May 7, 1895.

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VENTILATING DEVICE FOR RANGES.

No. 538,997. Patented Ma 7, 1895.

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E. .BOOKHOUT. VENTILATING DEVIGE FOR RANGES.

No; 538,997. I Patented May 7,1895.

EDWARD BOOKHOUT, OF ORANFORD, NEW JERSEY.

VENTILATING DEVICE FOR RANGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 5,438,997, dated May 7,1895. Application filed August 11, 1894. Serial No. 520,089. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD BOOKHOUT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oranford, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ventilating Devicesfor OookingRanges, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of range attachments, known as hoodsfor carrying away the surplus radiated heat, offensive vapors and odorsand smoke from the kitchen and adjoining rooms, thus adding to thecomfort and health of those Whose duty keeps them near the range orstove.

My invention can either be applied to the portable or brick set range.

My improvements consist, chiefly, first, in making the important partsof the device, adjustable to the various sizes, and conditions, in whichranges and stoves are found, whereby, but one size of said parts need bemade, thus obviating the necessity of careful measurements when orderingand, enabling the manufacturer to keep them in stock; second, insimplifying and cheapening the method of putting them up. I attain theseobjects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of the-'whole device in positionfor use with the small doors open to enable the cook to work withoutexposure to the whole radiation of heat. R is the range. Fig. 2 is achimney-breast, with the two side bars or frame pieces A A, upon whichthe whole apparatus is built and'held up. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectioncutting ofl one of the frame pieces A, a piece of the roof along thesame line, and the two adjustable members of the side G and G. R is therange. This view shows the inside. Fig. 4 is a perspective of the partsdescribed in Fig. 3, excepting roof, and with the addition of bar S,which holds adjustable side pieces G and other parts together. This alsoshows the inside. Fig. 5 is a perspective View from the inside, lookingout into the kitchen, showing how, by means of the small brackets B andB- and rod E, with its nut e, the frame-posts A A are held up; Fig. 6, aperspective View of a portable or detached range with a sheetmetalinclosnre upon the back part of it and frame-posts A A in place; Fig. 7,a perspective View of a mantel-shelf F or roof, showing flange F atlower side; Fig. 8, plan of bracket B; Fig. 9, smallsection of bracketand itslug 'n. as it catches behind the stiffening-bar N when applied tothe portable range.

This attachment when in place and ready for use, is composed of two ormore pairs of metal doors, L L L L, Fig. 1, hinged to the adjustableside pieces, G, opening outward, inclosing the Whole top of the range.These doors have agreater projection from the chimney breast or otherinclosnre to be ventilated, at the bottom than at the top, Fig. 1. Theyrequire no fastening to keep them shut, as

their specific gravity carries them against the stove front at bottomand the flange F under the mantel shelf at top.

Each side or wall of the attachment is composed of two members, GandG,both sides exactly alike. They may be made of either cast or sheetmetal. The inner members, G, are simply pieces of flat metal, aboutthree and one-half feet long and ten inches wide, four inches of theirWidth being bentover at right angles, G, and slotted, P P, Fig. 4, bywhich means they may be adjusted to the length of the range, andpermanently bolted through the slots, P, to their respective frameposts, A A. The angles G, may be turned either to the right or left,thus giving a Wider range to their adjustment.

The outer members, G, upon which the doors are hinged, are six oreightinches wide at their lower ends, and about three inches wide attheir tops, and of about the same length as their accompanying members,G, and hang, one upon each end ofa five-eighties inch rod, S, Fig. 4,lapping their accompanying members about one and one-fourth inches. Therod, S, upon which they hang, passes through the front top corner ofside members, G, and the flange, F, under the mantel shelf, F, tying theWhole together. Should flange,

F, be a little short, washers of five-eighths inch pipe are used. Inorder to adjust the said outer members, G, to the width of the range,the lower ends are moved in or out as the case may require, and bolted,by means of bolt, in, and segmental slot, is, in the lower part of sidepiece, G, Where it is to remain permanently, yet, in case the corners ofthe range top, or either of them should be required clear, they may bereleased and pushed back out of the way.

The frame posts, A A, to which the laterally adjustable side pieces, G,are bolted, are made of three-eighths inch by two inch iron. Four inchesof their upper ends are bent forward, at right angles, to form seatsupon which the mantel shelf, F, is bolted, forming the roof. Their lowerends are bent inward and notched to fit, making feet, and are bolted tothe top of range. Near the tops of these frame posts, about one-halfinch from their inner edges, are several three-eighths inchperforations, h, h, h h, Figs. 2 and 5, for adjusting the brackets, B B,to the height of the opening above the top of the range, where they areriveted. These brackets project inward, toward the back of the fireplace or partial inclosnre, and are provided, one with a square holeabout one-half inch deep, d, and the other with a round hole drilledthrough, d, Fig. 5. The brackets may be of any convenient shape.

E E is a five-eighths inch iron bar, (round,) a little longer than thedistance between the two brackets, when in their places, one end ofwhich is hammered square and the other threaded and furnished with anut, e, Figs. 5 and 8. The round threaded end of rod,E, is placed intothe drilled hole, d, in bracket 13, and the square end is inserted inthe corresponding hole in bracket B. Nut 6, on the threaded end of baris turned tight against bracket B, which forces the lugs, c c, at theback of the brackets, into holes previously made in the chimney jamb. Inportable or detached ranges, the lugs, c 0, fall behind the stiffeningbar N, which runs round the inside edge of the partial inclosnre, M,Figs. tiand 9.

In adjusting the brackets, B and 13, above described, to the posts A A,and opening over range, a slot may be made in the posts instead of theholes, or the bracket may be slotted, but I think the drilled post thecheapest and equally as good.

In the brick set range, both the ventilating and smoke pipe, passthrough the usual sheet metal throat piece, located one or two inches upthe chimney.

In the portable or detatched range, they may pass out of the top of theinclosnre (Fig. 6) to a stove pipe rim in chimney breast or other flue.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The combination, with a cooking range, of a ventilating attachment,the inclosnre of which is partly formed by sides or walls, G G, startingfrom the face of the chimney breast, or other wall or partial inclosnreover the top of a range, said walls, G G projecting out near or beyondthe front edge of the range top, said walls, G G, being dividedvertically, into two members, G G, one of these members fitted to moveedgewise, against the other, for purpose of adjustment to the differentsizes of ranges, with means to fasten the same when adjusted,substantially as herein described.

2. The combination, with a cooking range, of a ventilating attachment,comprising sides or walls, G G, standing one at each side of range top,starting from frame posts, A A,on the face of chimney breast, or otherpartial inclosnre or wall over the top of a range, said sides or walls,G G, projecting at their lower ends, out near or beyond the front edgeof range top, doors, L L L L, opening outward, hinged to the slopingsides or walls, G, and the whole surmounted by a roof, F, forming ashelf, with the flange F at its lower side, through which flange and thetwo sides, GG, the rod or bolt, S, passes and binds the whole together,substantially as described.

3. The combination, with acooking range,

,of a ventilating attachment, said attachment made adjustable to rangesof different lengths, by means of flanges, G, upon the edges of the sidewalls, G G, contiguous to the frame posts, A A, to which they arebolted, as herein set forth.

4. The combination, with a range, of a ventilating attachment, saidattachment completing the inclosnre of all of the stove holes in top ofthe range, and held in its place by means of frame posts, A A, againstthe chimney breast, or other wall or inclosnre over a part of the top ofa range, said frame posts, A A, each furnished with an adjustablebracket, B B, as described, and the threaded rod, E, with its bindingnut, e, or their equivalent, for forcing the brackets, B and B, in theirplaces as and for the purpose herein set forth.

EDWARD BOOKIIOUT.

Witnesses:

E. BOOKHOUT, J12, CHAS. H. BOOKHQUT.

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